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Monte Sano Elementary School is participating again this year in a bottle cap recycling contest sponsored by the City of Huntsville's Operation Green Team. The school will be collecting caps from October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012. The school that collects the most caps is awarded $1,000.00 and all participating schools will have a chance to win a field trip to see Steve Trash's Eco Hero performance.  Everyone in the community can help by collecting their caps and dropping them off at Monte Sano Elementary School.  So instead of the plastic caps going into our landfill they will be recycled by KW Plastics in Troy, AL, and made into plastic paint containers!

*Caps must be plastic, twist on type with no metal. Examples are caps from plastic bottles of juice, milk, ketchup, laundry detergent, water, soda, peanut butter and shampoo, etc... 

. (Caps cannot be put in your blue recycle bin.)

Questions?  Contact Kim Huskey  256-656-2648

Deer Hunting with Spot Lights

Dear Mountain Neighbors,

       This is Lynne Smith, I live on Mae Drive. I wanted to share this info with you all, and please share with everyone you know.

As you know the deer have increased in population this year, the game warden says the construction in the valley is moving them up the

mountain. 

     I noticed a doe missing for the past week, her fawns have been alone  (on the Ashburn's property behind my house). I was out at 3am Thursday morning, (cause my dog ate the cat food and he had tummy issues, and now I am glad about all of that), I went to the back of  my yard with my dog, at which time a rather loud, gas powered white pick up truck pulled up on the sidewalk at the Ashburn's property, they began to shine a spotlight all across the lot. I ran inside to get my flashlight. When I returned they were shining their spotlight down the other side of the

road. I flashed my light at them and they left.I contacted the Game Warden on Thursday and had a return call from Office Joe Lindsay, Game Warden , on Friday. He asked that we keep track of the dates and times we see anyone up here spotlighting our deer. He thinks that they are after the really large Buck that walks the Blvd at night. Anyone out at 3-4am using a spotlight is not out here to look at our beautiful wildlife, they are up here to kill.

     I am extremely afraid that they have killed the missing doe, from the back of my yard. The Game Warden did reassure me that other does will take care of and even nurse the fawns from does that have been killed. He said the best thing we humans can do is let the deer tend to their own young.  But, we can band together and stop these deer hunters from roaming our mountain at night.

     These were most likely construction workers or lawn care crews that are seeing signs of deer during the day and coming back up here at night. Please keep track of any suspicious activity, the times, dates and vehicles, and if they shoot a weapon...call 911!

In love, light & peace!

Lynne

Herbicides on Bankhead Parkway

I have an appointment with Joy Mckee of Huntsville Landscape Management to discuss the use of herbicides on Bankhead Parkway and Fern Street.

Her contact information is:

e-mail joy.mckee@huntsvilleal.gov

phone 256-427-5048

Another issue is the recent use of herbicides on Monte Sano Blvd from Governor's Drive to Panorama. I have had positive and constructive conversations with Jeff Jordan who is responsible for the spraying and Bill Yell who is the PR person for Huntsville Utilities. I was told that they will make changes in the management of the plants under the power lines to be more selective in the application of the herbicides, the timing of the applications and try not to destroy the wildflowers.

Jeff's contact information is:

jeff.jordan@hsvutil.org

phone 256-535-1321

Please contact the above persons to express your concerns about this.

Jerry Green